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Library of climate resources

This is a collection of links to climate datasets, tools, guidance and related resources. The sources include the federal government, provincial and territorial governments, national professional organizations, climate consortia and established international organizations. It can be useful for impact, vulnerability and risk assessments, and for adaptation planning.

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Explanation of the different resource types
  • data product - downloadable climate dataset
  • tool - builds on a dataset with further analyses and/or visualization
  • guidance - provides direction on the use of climate information or on conducting climate-related assessments
  • codes and standards - guidance and best practice documents for climate resilient design
  • additional resources include educational and awareness-raising material, impact assessments and scientific syntheses

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  • Forest Change Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (Opens in a new Window)

    Forest change frequently asked questions about climate change uncertainty, climate modelling, adaptation options, mapping the occurrence of Canada's forest pathogens, and Canada-wide maps of forest properties
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Natural Resources Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Interactive
    • Mapped
    • Adaptation planning
    • Educational and awareness-raising material

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    Historical Data (Opens in a new Window)

    The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)'s Historical Data contains historical temperature, precipitation, wind and weather, measured daily and hourly by stations across the country. Data can be searched by station name, province, or proximity to user. Data are presented in tabular format and available for download as comma-separated-value formats.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files

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    Ice climatology (Opens in a new Window)

    The Ice Climatology dataset contains long-term information on ice conditions over specific geographic regions. It can be used to examine annual average conditions as well as minimum and maximum ice extent. The dataset includes seasonal summaries, annual Arctic ice atlases, 30-year ice atlases, and ice coverage records. Specific measures include average ice concentration, ice type, frequency of sea ice, old ice concentration, and freeze-up/break-up dates.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Graphical

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    Ice Graph (Opens in a new Window)

    IceGraph 2.0 generates ice coverage bar graphs and data tables for a selected region and date range. Data are available from 1968 to present and can be compared between seasons. Specific measures include first year ice, new ice, young ice, and old ice for the current season as well as for the historical monitoring period.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Graphical
    • Mapped

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    Ice Thickness Program Collection (Opens in a new Window)

    Ice Thickness Program Collection, 1947-2002, contains ice thickness and snow depth measurements for 195 sites across Canada. It includes two historical datasets of point data dated from 1947-2002 and 2002-2016. The record length varies from site to site and many sites had stopped recording by 2002 but measurements were reinitiated in the fall of 2002. Several sites are co-located with Environment and Climate Change Canada's weather and radiation stations.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files

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    Monthly Climate Summaries (Opens in a new Window)

    The Monthly Climate Summaries dataset contains monthly summaries of temperature, precipitation, degree days and sunshine hours- including averages and extremes- at monitoring locations across Canada. Data can be searched by month and by province. Historic data are available for all stations. However, the historical range varies from station to station.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files

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    North American WaterWatch (Opens in a new Window)

    A map depicting short-term changes in streamflow conditions, computed at stream gauges. The color of each stream gauge represents real-time streamflow compared to percentiles of historical daily streamflow for that day of the year. When the stream gauges on the map are clicked, a pop-up appears with pertinent gauge information including a summary of gauge statistics, a graph of gauge discharge, a flood tracking chart and the gauges flooding forecast.
    Organization:
    International Joint Commission, US Geological Survey, Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Interactive
    • Mapped
    • Tool

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    Oceanographic activities (Opens in a new Window)

    The Oceanographic Activities landing page contains links to multiple ocean monitoring programs, datasets, and portals including observations of tides, ocean currents, pH, salinity, temperature, ocean colour, and phytoplankton from various stations across Canada. Data are available for download in tabular, graphical, and other formats.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files

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    Permafrost (Opens in a new Window)

    Canada-wide maps of permafrost contains datasets and maps across Canada. Historical data are available in grid and image format.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Natural Resources Canada
    Resource formats:
    • Data files
    • Mapped

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    Reference Hydrometric Basin Network (Opens in a new Window)

    The Reference Hydrometric Basin Network (RHBN) is a set of streamgage stations with long records and minimal human impacts that would be appropriate for climate change studies. Where the RHBN is explicitly a network of the best available stations among similar watersheds, a list of RHBN-quality stations with supporting metadata is also available for download.
    Organization:
    Government of Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada
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